One of my favorite things to do growing up was to catch bugs! Yep, I was definitely not a girly girl! When my son was younger he used to love catching bugs too. Of course I always encouraged him to set them free after they’d been in the jar or container for a short while so we didn’t wake up to a jar of dead bugs the next day. We used to use a plain jar with a few holes in the lids to hold our bugs, but I thought it would be a fun craft idea to decorate a bug catcher jar with the kids.

Supplies:

quart jar with a lid: 1

red paint

black paint

pipe cleaners (red or black): 2

white ½ inch pom poms: 2

pink or red ½ inch pom poms: 2

hot glue gun and glue

sticks and grasses

Instructions:

Step 1: Remove the lid from the jar and have an adult poke several holes in the lid with a center punch or another type of hole punch.

Step 2: Paint the outside of the lid with red paint and set it aside to dry.

Step 3: Once the paint has dried, add black spots to the top of the lid, wherever you’ve poked a hole.

Step 4: While the spots on the lid are drying, paint a black spot on the front of each of the white pom poms to make the center of the bug’s eye.

Step 5: Once the paint has dried, combine the 2 pipe cleaners by twisting them together at one end. Wrap them once around the outside edge of the jar lid, then give them a twist in the back. Leave 2 even tails for antennae.

Step 6: Glue a pink or red pom pom to the top of each antenna with a hot glue gun.

Step 7: Glue the white pom pom eyes to the opposite side of the lid (the front).

Step 8: Add some twigs, flowers, and grasses to the inside of the jar, screw the lid on, and you’re ready for some bug hunting!

Linette Gerlach has lived in Ohio all her life; she graduated from Wright State University with a degree in Operations Management. She worked in the corporate world for over 10 years before she decided it just wasn’t her thing! She’s been a freelance writer, blogger, and amateur photographer for over 6 years, and she is deeply passionate about creating fun food, crafts, and DIY projects. Her blog, The Kid’s Fun Review, is an online magazine that features fun and creative content for kids and their families. She enjoys interacting on social media, so you can find her on Twitter or Pinterest at linetteg and on Instagram and YouTube at linetteg1.